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Direct save?

New to android, why don't apps like Facebook and twitter have direct save for pictures the way iOS does?

Because Google plus uploads video and pictures once taken.

I think he means why cant we save images from Facebook to the device.
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You can't save directly to the device however if you open the picture in facebook app there are these three little dots for options (I think you know what I mean). Then go to Share and then you can share the picture with picasa, g+ or google drive. Depending on your setup / sync routine saving to picasa / google drive should be almost the same as saving to to your device directly. Only difference is that the picture is saved in your drive folder instead of Pictures or downloads or whereever you intended to store the downloaded files. Hope this helps!

Will try that on Fb. Anyway to do on Twitter? I know about screenshots but just seems iOS made doing this easier

I dont use twitter myself but if there is a possibilty to display images fullscreen it should work the exact same way
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c_86 said:
I think he means why cant we save images from Facebook to the device.
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Oh my bad Lol. Yea on the Facebook app their is no save to device but what you can do and I do this is share the photo via text and then save it. Hit the three little dots> share> messages. Then send it to yourself and your good to go.

install any 4star and above rated download manager and then share to it.

MiG123 said:
install any 4star and above rated download manager and then share to it.
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Is that a specific app?

Cloud comparison and suggestions

I'm posting here instead of android general because i would like the opinions of fellow Optimus G owners. not that having this device should matter but you know.. whatever lol.
Im looking for the best Cloud service to store and organize photos as a life long photo album. right now im using box because we get 50gb just for owning the optimus G and i find it being the best ive used compared to dropbox and google+ but i have used neither of those long enough to make a solid opinion of them either.
my daughter is about to turn 3 and i have been uploading and organizing with the folder setup through box for a photo collection of her years sense birth but im looking for a more efficient way of doing this. maybe something tailored towards photos rather than files in general.
i know of:
Box (currently using)
Dropbox (dont use it anymore because they removed the download feature)
Google+ (havnt played around with that too much)
if any of you know of anything better than box for organizing photos then please share your opinion im completely open to switching to something better. i have over 1000+ pictures of her and cant bring myself to delete any of them. i dont keep every picture i take, these are just a combination of pictures taken by myself, her mother, and other family members. too many to print and apply to a physical photo album. eventually i will delicate a tablet to just her pictures once the technology reaches stability for that sort of thing lol but untill then i need to utilize the cloud.

Lg cloud! Another free 50 gigs
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simpkill said:
Lg cloud! Another free 50 gigs
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only til october then they delete all your crap lol

javskies said:
only til october then they delete all your crap lol
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Wow did not know that lol. I never used that. Glad I didn't start.
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javskies said:
only til october then they delete all your crap lol
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yeah, thanks for that. busted my bubble, but i'll make sure to get my files off before it's too late.

I use box. It's been great for me and I have saved, similar to you, literally THOUSANDS of pictures of my children there. You cannot go wrong with how well it organizes, the fast sync to your desktop and the ease of organizing.
My brother loves dropbox, but the free space given by box can't be beat, although I have heard rumors that the 50gb is free for two years and then they charge for it.

Maybe check out Dropbox again. They've really been focusing on photos lately with instant upload and auto-import, as well as album sorting both online and in the app. They've also made photo viewing online and in the app really nice, and more features are coming soon because I noticed I got an early preview invitation.

spackmanbr said:
Maybe check out Dropbox again. They've really been focusing on photos lately with instant upload and auto-import, as well as album sorting both online and in the app. They've also made photo viewing online and in the app really nice, and more features are coming soon because I noticed I got an early preview invitation.
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Dropbox is nice but the biggest and only issue I have with dropbox is I cant directly download a photo or file directly from the dropbox app for myself. I can "share" a link to it either my email or text it to myself but that's not convenient
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tsdeaton said:
Dropbox is nice but the biggest and only issue I have with dropbox is I cant directly download a photo or file directly from the dropbox app for myself. I can "share" a link to it either my email or text it to myself but that's not convenient
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Actually, if you press "Menu>Export>Save to sdcard" you can save to any folder on your sdcard. Also, you can "star" photos as favorites, and this will ensure that those photos or files always have a copy on your phone.

Photos from google photos

Just bough a nexus 5x, how can i download back to my nexus 5x the photos from google photos?

GTX90 said:
Just bough a nexus 5x, how can i download back to my nexus 5x the photos from google photos?
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As long as you're logged into the same Google account they will download automatically.
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jd1639 said:
As long as you're logged into the same Google account they will download automatically.
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Same account but they don't download.. how can i start that manually?

First, did you upload the pics from your previous device? Go into photos and in the upper left hand corner are three horizontal bars. Click on that, then go to settings and make sure back up & sync is on.

jd1639 said:
First, did you upload the pics from your previous device? Go into photos and in the upper left hand corner are three horizontal bars. Click on that, then go to settings and make sure back up & sync is on.
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Yes if full of photos.. yes sync is up, i see photos but they aren't stored on my device as when i click on my device folders those are empty

Sync only uploads them to photos. it does not DL any. You can download them only one at a time with the Android app by viewing a photo and than tapping the three dots. Otherwise view them from the cloud. On a PC you can create a downloadable zip of whatever ones you want and then copy those to your phone. But they may end up as dups on your phone as it may get confused with the one on your SD card and the one on photos since it didn't originally upload the exact on on the SD card. Complete PITA.

adobeman said:
Sync only uploads them to photos. it does not DL any. You can download them only one at a time with the Android app by viewing a photo and than tapping the three dots. Otherwise view them from the cloud. On a PC you can create a downloadable zip of whatever ones you want and then copy those to your phone. But they may end up as dups on your phone as it may get confused with the one on your SD card and the one on photos since it didn't originally upload the exact on on the SD card. Complete PITA.
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Thanks for help, i think they need to enable that option..

GTX90 said:
Thanks for help, i think they need to enable that option..
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Yeah, it would be a nice option especially if you could mark certain photos in bulk to come down over Wi-Fi. But it is contrary to Google's movement to all cloud based content and devices with non-expandable storage. That said they let you pin music from Google play music so why not the same for photo albums.

Yeah it kind of defeats the purpose of Google Photos cloud storage if you go for trying to download a whole bunch of them to your device. I've restored my 5X once just to start off fresh and it actually felt refreshing not to worry about my locally store pics getting cleared.
I do agree that pinning cloud albums would be nice to do for offline viewing just like Google Play Music.
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Pixel Xl and Unlimited G Photo storage

Anyone have a best practice for following scenario??
I have been paying $1.99 a month for 100gb a year. So now I have 40gb in the cloud and would like to take advantage of the free unlimited storage. If I cancel my storage for $1.99 will Google just delete all my current stored items. Just wondering what you guys/gals think on the process.
By the way. Loving this Pixel. Glad I made the switch from 6p. Just responsiveness alone is worth it for me.

gwallers said:
Anyone have a best practice for following scenario??
I have been paying $1.99 a month for 100gb a year. So now I have 40gb in the cloud and would like to take advantage of the free unlimited storage. If I cancel my storage for $1.99 will Google just delete all my current stored items. Just wondering what you guys/gals think on the process.
By the way. Loving this Pixel. Glad I made the switch from 6p. Just responsiveness alone is worth it for me.
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I'm in the same boat. I take a lot of photos with my DSLR and have them back up to google photos. When talking unlimited space to back photos and videos at original size, I think are only photos and videos captured from the Pixel. I could be wrong and would love be wrong actually but I think I am right
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le0.br4zuc4 said:
I'm in the same boat. I take a lot of photos with my DSLR and have them back up to google photos. When talking unlimited space to back photos and videos at original size, I think are only photos and videos captured from the Pixel. I could be wrong and would love be wrong actually but I think I am right
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So what If I load all my pics on my phone and re-upload does that consider them taken by my pixel or is it only taking the ones with pixel in the metadata.

gwallers said:
So what If I load all my pics on my phone and re-upload does that consider them taken by my pixel or is it only taking the ones with pixel in the metadata.
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I heard on a podcast, I think from Android Central, they said pictures and videos taken with the Pixel.
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le0.br4zuc4 said:
I heard on a podcast, I think from Android Central, they said pictures and videos taken with the Pixel.
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On the Pixel, Google Photos shows this, and I quote: "Full resolution photos & videos uploaded from your Pixel device will get unlimited storage".
The phrasing seems to indicate photos/videos have to be uploaded by the Pixel, not necessarily taken with it.
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gwallers said:
Anyone have a best practice for following scenario??
I have been paying $1.99 a month for 100gb a year. So now I have 40gb in the cloud and would like to take advantage of the free unlimited storage. If I cancel my storage for $1.99 will Google just delete all my current stored items. Just wondering what you guys/gals think on the process.
By the way. Loving this Pixel. Glad I made the switch from 6p. Just responsiveness alone is worth it for me.
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They won't delete any info, but you want be able to receive emails are upload anything(other than photos and videos) because your over the 15 gig cap. I too like you pay monthly because they've combined the storage space on gmail, drive and photos which puts me over the limit a tad. Kinda sucks but not expensive so I don't really complain about it.

sherlock5545 said:
On the Pixel, Google Photos shows this, and I quote: "Full resolution photos & videos uploaded from your Pixel device will get unlimited storage".
The phrasing seems to indicate photos/videos have to be uploaded by the Pixel, not necessarily taken with it.
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Does anyone have any clarification on this? If I transfer photos to my phone (not taken by my phone) will they be included in the unlimited storage?

I have just emailed myself a huge photo to my pixel xl and then backed it up from the phone.
It has backed up full res.

For clarification, taken from Google support.

Excellent, thanks for sharing
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That's interesting. If only Google Photos would maintain folder structure when backing up...

Mdizzle1 said:
I have just emailed myself a huge photo to my pixel xl and then backed it up from the phone. It has backed up full res.
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Where were you able to find the file information online? I'm presuming Google Drive. What is the Google Drive folder you can find the folders backed up by Photos?

jedpublic said:
Where were you able to find the file information online? I'm presuming Google Drive. What is the Google Drive folder you can find the folders backed up by Photos?
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On mine it's labeled Google Photos.

jhs39 said:
On mine it's labeled Google Photos.
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Thanks, I'm aware of the Google Photos being the folder where the pictures from my device are saved. However, I was quoting Mdizzle1, who said he emailed himself a photo and saved it via his Pixel XL. This would imply that he probably used the "Back up device folders" option under the "Back up & Sync" setting for Google Photos. I, too, have selected various folders on my device from the "Back up device folders" - what I would like to know is where those folders/files are accessible in Google Drive, if at all.

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Thanks, I'm aware of the Google Photos being the folder where the pictures from my device are saved. However, I was quoting Mdizzle1, who said he emailed himself a photo and saved it via his Pixel XL. This would imply that he probably used the "Back up device folders" option under the "Back up & Sync" setting for Google Photos. I, too, have selected various folders on my device from the "Back up device folders" - what I would like to know is where those folders/files are accessible in Google Drive, if at all.
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The exact same place. Google Drive treats all photos backed up from the Pixel XL exactly the same regardless of where the photo originated from. I have photos I've taken and photos I've downloaded and photos that were e-mailed to me and if they were backed up from my Pixel XL they are all in the same Google Drive folder.

jhs39 said:
The exact same place. Google Drive treats all photos backed up from the Pixel XL exactly the same regardless of where the photo originated from. I have photos I've taken and photos I've downloaded and photos that were e-mailed to me and if they were backed up from my Pixel XL they are all in the same Google Drive folder.
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Hm, I guess I'm having a hard time finding the file online at drive.google.com for some reason. I deliberately renamed a picture on my device with a unique string to be searchable on Google Drive and I cannot find it. Thoughts?
You mention photos that were downloaded or emailed; are you using the "Back up device folders" option in these cases?

jedpublic said:
Hm, I guess I'm having a hard time finding the file online at drive.google.com for some reason. I deliberately renamed a picture on my device with a unique string to be searchable on Google Drive and I cannot find it. Thoughts?
You mention photos that were downloaded or emailed; are you using the "Back up device folders" option in these cases?
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I think when the phone found photos in a new location it asked me whether I wanted that location backed up to Google Photos,
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I think when the phone found photos in a new location it asked me whether I wanted that location backed up to Google Photos,
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I double checked and I actually have the backup device folders option set to off.

Portrait mode creates a new folder?

Every time I take photos in portrait mode it creates a folder just for the two pictures. Every time. Anyone notice it

imtjnotu said:
Every time I take photos in portrait mode it creates a folder just for the two pictures. Every time. Anyone notice it
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Yes. I found your thread because I'm looking to find a way to turn this off. It makes it tedious to view the photos from a third-party app or to copy the photos to your desktop.
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Paddy Landau said:
Yes. I found your thread because I'm looking to find a way to turn this off. It makes it tedious to view the photos from a third-party app or to copy the photos to your desktop.
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this was my same gripe. i connected it to my computer and had to manually go though every folder to choose the one photo iw anted. i ended up just going onto the google photos website and downloading from there

I've posted a query on the Google Product Forums. Let's see if we get a response.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/phone-by-google/qScg2CMrzGA
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Paddy Landau said:
I've posted a query on the Google Product Forums. Let's see if we get a response.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/phone-by-google/qScg2CMrzGA
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thanks for this. ill be checking in as well... makes it a hassle to even upload pictures to this forum using the app or any app period

The question has been answered. Unfortunately, it's not what we want to hear.
… this is by design and there is no way to disable that at this time.
Go to system settings>about phone and leave feedback for the team about this
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Paddy Landau said:
The question has been answered. Unfortunately, it's not what we want to hear.
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Ya I saw this when I woke up. No help. I sent the feedback like they asked and attached a picture

This is literally how it looks when I have to find a photo to send to someone

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This is literally how it looks when I have to find a photo to send to someone
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Why don't you use a Gallery like Google Photos or QuickPic ?
So you can select the pictures that you want and then click on share.

emixamsonaz said:
Why don't you use a Gallery like Google Photos or QuickPic ?
So you can select the pictures that you want and then click on share.
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Quick Pic shows me the folders. And, this doesn't help at all when transferring to the desktop. Also, when you delete a photo, the empty folder remains. It was not at all well thought out or tested with regular people.
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Paddy Landau said:
Quick Pic shows me the folders. And, this doesn't help at all when transferring to the desktop. Also, when you delete a photo, the empty folder remains. It was not at all well thought out or tested with regular people.
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If I remember well, you could select to display only the pictures in Quickpic, I'm not sure though. I will check this once back home.

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Why don't you use a Gallery like Google Photos or QuickPic ?
So you can select the pictures that you want and then click on share.
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This is part of Google messages. When you select to add a photo and click the icon to go into your folders to look. You can't use photos on Google messages to select what you want

I created a post on the Pixel Forum about this exact issue. I am also using Quickpic to move the portrait folders into the default camera gallery.
Camera: Portrait Mode creates individual folders for every Portrait Mode photo taken

Yes I hate this, what a stupid way to organize portrait mode pics.
They need to fix this, its a deal breaker for me... not worth having it this way just creates a big mess
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This bugged me so I tried numerous gallery apps. Only Google photos handles portrait shots properly.
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imtjnotu said:
This is part of Google messages. When you select to add a photo and click the icon to go into your folders to look. You can't use photos on Google messages to select what you want
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It's not a problem with Google Messages, it's a problem with how you're using the software.
When you're getting to the Document Chooser, you're selecting "Images" which brings up a folder view. Instead of doing that, press "Photos" from further down on the left and you'll see a proper gallery view.
While it's annoying to use in QuickPic, if anything the new organization structure forced me to realize that the way I was accessing images in the software was actually inefficient all along and I just never realized it, and I've started using Photos for all of my snapped photos and QuickPic for all the rest (with the Camera folder hidden).

Anybody got solution ?

I just use Tasker shell commands to move files around to where I want them to be.
In this case, I have it set to move the two images into a folder of my choosing, and then delete the now empty folders. Gotta love Tasker lol

Good idea!

rickysidhu_ said:
I just use Tasker shell commands to move files around to where I want them to be.
In this case, I have it set to move the two images into a folder of my choosing, and then delete the now empty folders. Gotta love Tasker lol
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Could you elaborate? How do you have it set up to do this? I can't work out how to create the correct task to do this...
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